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‘Shelter’ Is the Criterion Collection of Home Makeover TV

Launched in 2020, the subscription-based streaming service has been building a library of design-themed content that’s a long way from the usual home improvement shows.  

A glass-walled mini-home from “Tiny Spaces Iceland,” available on the streaming service Shelter. 

Photo courtesy Shelter

Often subtitled, not too eager to explain itself, and mercifully light on quartz countertops and eat-in kitchens. That’s the M.O. of Shelter, the highbrow streaming service for architecture and design-themed TV content.

Launched mid-pandemic lockdown in 2020 in time to focus the restive energy of homeowners well-acquainted with domestic contempt of familiarity, it’s the product of Australian co-founders Dustin and Camille Clare, veterans of the film and TV industry that have worked as actors and film distributors.